The Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean - Preface
The history of the tablets translated in
the following 
pages is strange and beyond the belief of
modern scientists. Their antiquity is stupendous, dating back some
36,000 years B.C. The writer is Thoth, an Atlantean Priest-King, who
founded a colony in ancient Egypt after the sinking of the mother
country.
He was the builder of the Great Pyramid of
Giza, erroneously attributed to Cheops. In it he incorporated his
knowledge of the ancient wisdom and also securely secreted records and
instruments of ancient Atlantis.
For some 16,000 years, he ruled the
ancient race of Egypt, from approximately 52,000 B.C. to 36,000 B.C. At
that time, the ancient barbarous race among which he and his followers
had settled had been raised to a high degree of civilization.
Thoth was an immortal, that is, he had
conquered death, passing only when he willed and even then not through
death. His vast wisdom made him ruler over the various Atlantean
colonies, including the ones in South and Central America.
When the time came for him to leave Egypt,
he erected the Great Pyramid over the entrance to the Great Halls of
Amenti, placed in it his records, and appointed guards for his secrets
from among the highest of his people.
In later times, the descendants of these
guards became the pyramid priests, by which Thoth was deified as the
God of Wisdom, The Recorder, by those in the age of darkness which
followed his passing. In legend, the Halls of Amenti became the
underworld, the Halls of the gods, where the soul passed after death
for judgment.
During later ages, the ego of Thoth passed
into the bodies of men in the manner described in the tablets. As such,
he incarnated three times, in his last being known as Hermes, the
thrice-born.
In this incarnation, he left the writings
known to modern occultists as the Emerald Tablets, a later and far
lesser exposition of the ancient mysteries.
The tablets translated in this work are
ten which were left in the Great Pyramid in the custody of the pyramid
priests. The ten are divided into thirteen parts for the sake of
convenience.
The last two are so great and far-reaching
in their import that at present it is forbidden to release them to the
world at large. However, in those contained herein are secrets which
will prove of inestimable value to the serious student.
They should be read, not once, but a
hundred times for only thus can the true meaning be revealed. A casual
reading will give glimpses of beauty, but more intensive study will
open avenues of wisdom to the seeker.
But now a word as to how these mighty
secrets came to be revealed to modern man after being hidden so long.
Some thirteen hundred years B.C., Egypt,
the ancient Khem, was in turmoil and many delegations of priests were
sent to other parts of the world.
Among these were some of the pyramid
priests who carried with them the Emerald Tablets as a talisman by
which they could exercise authority over the less advanced priest-craft
of races descended from other Atlantean colonies.
The tablets were understood from legend to
give the bearer authority from Thoth.
The particular group of priests bearing the tablets emigrated to South
America where they found a flourishing race, the Mayas who remembered
much of the ancient wisdom. 
Among these, the priests settled and remained. In the tenth century,
the Mayas had thoroughly settled the Yucatan, and the tablets were
placed beneath the altar of one of the great temples of the Sun God.
After the conquest of the Mayas by the
Spaniards, the cities were abandoned and the treasures of the temples
forgotten.
It should be understood that the Great
Pyramid of Egypt has been and still is a temple of initiation into the
mysteries. Jesus, Solomon, Apollonius and others were initiated there.
The writer (who has a connection with the Great White Lodge which also
works through the pyramid priesthood) was instructed to recover and
return to the Great Pyramid the ancient tablets.
This, after adventures which need not be
detailed here, was accomplished. Before returning them, he was given
permission to translate and retain a copy of the wisdom engraved on the
tablets.
This was done in 1925 and only now has
permission been given for part to be published. It is expected that
many will scoff. Yet the true student will read between the lines and
gain wisdom.
If the light is in you, the light which is
engraved in these tablets will respond.
Now, a word as to the material aspect of
the tablets.
They consist of twelve tablets of emerald
green, formed from a substance created through alchemical
transmutation.
They are imperishable, resistant to all
elements and substances. In effect, the atomic and cellular structure
is fixed, no change ever taking place.
In this respect, they violate the material
law of ionization.
Upon them are engraved characters in the
ancient Atlantean language: characters which respond to attuned thought
waves, releasing the associated mental vibration in the mind of the
reader.
The tablets are fastened together with
hoops of golden-colored alloy suspended from a rod of the same
material. So much for the material appearance.
The wisdom contained therein is the
foundation of the ancient mysteries. And for the one who reads with
open eyes and mind, his wisdom shall be increased a hundred-fold.
Read. Believe or not, but read. And the vibration found therein will
awaken a response in your soul.
In the following pages, I will reveal some
of the mysteries which as yet have only been touched upon lightly
either by myself or other teachers or students of truth.
Man's search for understanding of the laws which regulate his life has
been unending, yet always just beyond the veil which shields the higher
planes from material man's vision the truth has existed, ready to be
assimilated by those who enlarge their vision by turning inward, not
outward, in their search.
In the silence of material senses lies the
key to the unveiling of wisdom. He who talks does not know; he who
knows does not talk.
The highest knowledge is unutterable, for
it exists as an entity in lanes which transcend all material words or
symbols.
All symbols are but keys to doors leading
to truths, and many times the door is not opened because the key seems
so great that the things which are beyond it are not visible.
If we can understand that all keys, all material symbols are
manifestations, are but extensions of a great law and truth, we will
begin to develop the vision which will enable us to penetrate beyond
the veil.
All things in all universes move according
to law, and the law which regulates the movement of the planets is no
more immutable than the law which regulates the material expressions of
man.
One of the greatest of all Cosmic Laws is
that which is responsible for the formation of man as a material being.
The great aim of the mystery schools of
all ages has been to reveal the workings of the Law which connect man
the material and man the spiritual.
The connecting link between the material
man and the spiritual man is the intellectual man, for the mind
partakes of both the material and immaterial qualities.
The aspirant for higher knowledge must
develop the intellectual side of his nature and so strengthen his will
that is able to concentrate all powers of his being on and in the plane
he desires.
The great search for light, life and love
only begins on the material plane. Carried to its ultimate, its final
goal is complete oneness with the universal consciousness. The
foundation in the material is the first step; then comes the higher
goal of spiritual attainment.
In the following pages, I will give an
interpretation of the Emerald Tablets and their secret, hidden and
esoteric meanings.
Concealed in the words of Thoth are many
meanings that do not appear on the surface.
Light of knowledge brought to bear upon the Tablets will open many new
fields for thought.
"Read and be wise" but only if the light
of your own consciousness awakens the deep-seated understanding which
is an inherent quality of the soul.
Tablet I: The History of
Thoth, The Atlantean
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